Tulips

Taken in the Botanical Gardens, Durham.

Settings

Shutter Speed - 1/125sec
Lens Aperture - F/6.3
Focal Length - 22mm
ISO 100
Metering Mode - Pattern
Exposure Compensation - -0.3 step

First signs of Spring

This is a bit of a grab shot taken today on the industrial Estate where I work. I spotted these beautiful Dafodils and got out the car and grabbed a shot before going to work.

Daffodil

I love the spring don't you. The fist signs of beautiful blooms in your garden. Unfortunately i'm still waiting for my daffodils to bloom so this is an image I took of some I bought in the shop. You see where I live it is pretty high above sea level. It's still pretty cold here and everything is still bare. The buds on the trees are just showing now and bulbs are just poking their heads through the soil. So until mine are blooming I'll have to make do with shop-bought flowers.

Daffodil

Commonly known as Daffodil narcissus, jonquil have six outer petals surrounding a cup which creates a trumpet-like look. Some stems produce one flower; others produce clusters. The outer petals are yellow or white; cups may be white, yellow, orange or salmon, and some have an orange edge.

Another attempt at 'still life' work. I still haven't bought those lamps yet so the lighting's not quite right yet. But I won't give up as it's the only way to learn..... try, try try again....
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Settings

• Camera Olympus E500
• 50mm Macro lens
• Lens Aperture - f/4
• Shutter Speed - 1/20 sec
• ISO-200
• Focal Length - 50mm
• Exposure Compensation -1 step messed around in photoshop with this version and gave it an infrared look. I like experimenting not only with the camera but also in photoshop t

Three for the price of one today to make up for the missing days of the year i haven't posted. Hope you like this one. I was just messing around in my little make-shift studio and came up with this.

Tulip

Tulips are single flowers and have six petals. Flower variations include lily-flowering types, double flowers, fringed petals and ruffly parrot varieties. Colors include white, yellow, pink, peach, orange, red, lavender, purple and bi-colors. Vase life is up to seven days.
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Inspired by a friend and her still life photography I decided to try my hand at photographing a flower. Tulips are beautiful flowers, I hope i've done this one justice (must get out and buy those desk lamps i've been meaning to buy).

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Settings

• Camera Olympus E500
• 50mm Macro lens
• Lens Aperture - f/4
• Shutter Speed - 1/15 sec
• ISO-200
• Focal Length - 50mm
• Exposure Compensation -1.3 step

Another little bonus image to make up for the days I lost posting this year. Hope you like it.